Faculty - Meeting of the Minds - Crohn’s and Colitis Canada

Faculty

Co-Chairs
Remo Panaccione, MD FRCPC Professor of Medicine University of Calgary CCC Chair in IBD Research Director, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Unit Director, Gastrointestinal Research Assistant Dean of MD Admissions Undergraduate Medical Education Cumming School of Medicine University of Calgary Calgary, AB	A. Hillary Steinhart, MD MSc FRCPC Professor of Medicine University of Toronto Temerty Faculty of Medicine Mount Sinai Hospital Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre Toronto, ON
Faculty
Heather Armstrong, MSc PhD Assistant Professor and Tier 2 CRC Max Rady College of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB Dawn B. Beaulieu, MD IFM-CP FACG AGAF Professor of Medicine Director, Functional Medicine IBD Clinic Associate Director, Advanced IBD Fellowship Faculty College Mentor, Gabbe College (Vanderbilt SOM) Vanderbilt Inflammatory Bowel Disease CenterNashville, TN USA Michael Byrne, MD FRCPC Clinical Professor Division of Gastroenterology University of British Columbia Vancouver General Hospital Vancouver, BC Kenneth Croitoru, MDCM FRCPC Canada Research Chair in IBD Professor of Medicine and Immunology University of Toronto Division of Gastroenterology Mount Sinai Hospital Toronto, ON Brian G. Feagan, MD FRCPC Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics Western University Senior Scientific Director, Alimentiv Inc London ON Vivian Huang, MD MSc FRCPC Associate Professor & Clinican Investigator Division of Gastroenterology University of Toronto Director, Preconception & Pregnancy in IBD Program Mount Sinai Hospital Toronto, ON Sally Lawrence, MBChB FRCPCH Clinical Assistant Professor University of British Columbia Pediatric Gastroenterologist BC Children's Hospital Vancouver, BC Kate Lee, PhD MBA Vice-President, Research & Patient Programs Crohn’s and Colitis Canada Toronto, ON Genelle Lunken, PhD RD Assistant Professor Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine University of British Columbia BC Children's Hospital Research Institute Vancouver, BC Deborah Marshall, PhD Professor and Svare Chair Value and Socioeconomic Impact Cumming School of Medicine University of Calgary Calgary, AB Paul Moayyedi, MB ChB PhD MPH FRCPC Professor of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences McMaster University Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute Hamilton, ON	Kerri Novak, MD MSc FRCPC Associate Professor University of Calgary Inflammatory Bowel Disease Group Foothills Medical Centre, President-Elect, International Bowel Ultrasound Group (IBUS) Calgary, AB Lori Radke President and CEO Crohn’s and Colitis Canada Toronto, ON Maitreyi Raman, MD MSc FRCPC CAGF Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine Director Clinician Investigator Program Director AsCEND (Alberta's Collaboration of Excellence for Nutrition in Digestive Diseases) Cumming School of Medicine University of Calgary Calgary, AB John D. Rioux, PhD Canada Research Chair in Genetics and Genomic Medicine Full Professor of Medicine, Université de Montréal Principal Investigator, Montreal Heart Institute Montreal, QC Nir Salomon, MD Director, Integrative Medicine Gastroenterology Department Sheba Medical Center Israel Stefan Schreiber, MD Professor of Medicine Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Germany Mark S Silverberg, MD PhD FRCPC Staff Gastroenterologist Mount Sinai Hospital Director Toronto Immune and Digestive Health Institute Toronto, ON Maitreyi Raman, MD MSc FRCPC Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine Director Clinician Investigator Program Director AsCEND (Alberta's Collaboration of Excellence for Nutrition in Digestive Diseases) Cumming School of Medicine University of Calgary, Calgary, AB Laura Targownik, MD MSHS Associate Professor, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Mount Sinai Hospital Departmental Division Director, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Toronto Toronto, ON Elena Verdú, MD PhD Professor, Division of Gastroenterology Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Microbial Therapeutics and Nutrition in Gastroenterology Director, Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute McMaster University Hamilton, ON Eytan Wine, MD PhD FRCPC Professor of Pediatrics and Physiology Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology University of Alberta Edmonton, AB
CFD Scientific Steering Committee
Eric Benchimol, MD PhD FRCPC University of Toronto, ON Usha Chauhan, MN ACNP BScN McMaster University, Hamilton ON Jean-Eric Ghia, PhD HDR CAGF AGAF University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB	Kate Lee, PhD MBA Crohn's and Colitis Canada, Toronto, ON Remo Panaccione, MD FRCPC University of Calgary, AB A. Hillary Steinhart, MD MSc FRCPC University of Toronto, ON

Quick FactFaites en bref

Canada has among the highest incidence rates of Crohn's and colitis in the world.
1 in 140 Canadians lives with Crohn’s or colitis.
Families new to Canada are developing these diseases for the first time.
Incidence of Crohn’s in Canadian kids under 10 has doubled since 1995.
People are most commonly diagnosed before age 30.

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